Where to find Big Chicken IPA in the Bay Area

Friday, Feb. 17, marks the fifth annual release of HenHouse Brewing Co.‘s Big Chicken IPA, the extra-hoppy double IPA that gets kegged at the brewery, delivered to local bars and tapped for customers’ enjoyment all in one day.

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The higher the hop content of a beer, the shorter its shelf life. Petaluma’s HenHouse has made Big Chicken a little bigger and a little crazier every year, and the same-day release is a way for the brewery to get the beer to drinkers at absolute peak freshness. Most bars that receive a keg of Big Chicken run through it within a day or two — so by the time SF Beer Week ends on Sunday, there likely won’t be any left.

For hopheads inclined to seek out limited-edition beers, showing up to one of the Bay Area bars pouring Big Chicken tomorrow will surely prove much more time-efficient than waiting in line for hours in Santa Rosa for Pliny the Younger, whose two-week release ends today.

Stay tuned as we report live on the hopped-up craziness. In the meantime, here’s a list of all the Bay Area bars and restaurants that will be tapping their kegs of Big Chicken tomorrow.